Praise for Goodbye Victory Road part 1
John Hellier (Whapping Wharf)
Goodbye Victory Road; a piece of genius. Of particular interest to the class of ‘79
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Mark Sergeant (Scootering)
A captivating project, that works on several levels, well-executed and delivered. The majority of the songs on Goodbye Victory Road are outstanding
Andy Holmes (The Underground Route)
Goodbye Victory Road captures the spirit of the 70’s to a Tee
Russ Brennan (Dedicated Follower Magazine)
I loved the album and thought it was the best thing to come out of the Mod scene in ages
Cris Davies (Suit Yourself Modernists)
Goodbye Victory Road consists of 23 fantastically penned tunes echoing the sound of the revival period.
A Short History of Goodbye Victory Road part 1
It all started in 2015 with ten sets of lyrics (written by Pat McVicar) which were held loosely together by a theme of British characters and social observations..
A friend (Paul Essex) had been through film school and had the opinion that the characters could be developed. They had a long chat and GVR grew a bit.
In March 2016 Adam Michael Nokes started to add guitar to some of Pat's demos. Around the same time Rob McManus started coming up with some tunes.
The first band get together was on a Wednesday evening at the Nags Head in Rochester.
Si Philpotts (The Bresslaws), Dave Sawicki (The Deccas) and James Cattermole and Richar Johnson (both British Litter) had a couple beers in a quiet corner and read through the GVR lyrics (still only 17 songs at that stage).
Rehearsals commenced in early 2017 and the first recording sessions were in June and then September the same year.
Two different line-ups booked into The Fort in Chatham in June to put down some demos. The result of Three sessions were good and resulted in Experiments, TOTP, Saturday Night, We Are The New Wave, Aint Got Time and Space Cadets.
GVR decided to continue working at The Fort and recordings continued in fits and starts...... the last session being James Cattermole's vocal in June 2019.
A 21 song version of the album was mixed over 3 session during July and mastered on the 4th august at Ranscombe in Rochester by Jim Riley.
Goodbye Victory Road has had two very limited pressings, a standard digi pack and the gatefold version pictured below.
GOODBYE VICTORY ROAD are.............
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James Cattermole - Vocals / Composer James Feist - Guitar / Keyboards
Stuart Harris - Bass / Guitar / BVs Martin Holt - Guitar / Composer
Richard Johnson – Guitar / Composer Dave Hayman - Composer
Andy Morton - Vocals / Harp Dave Patten - Guitar
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Si Phillpots - Drums Jim Stewart - Sax / Acoustic Guitar
Charlotte Patman - Vocals Jason Williams – Guitar / Vocals / Composer
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Rob McManus – Guitar / Composer Paul Osborn - Composer
Phil McDermott - Guitar / Bass / Vocals / Composer
Adam Michael Nokes - Guitar Sea Jays - Vocals
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Pat McVicar - Drums / Bass / Composer Vivian Tucker - BVs
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The 2nd press of Goodbye Victory Road part 1 sold out pretty much straight off. This version of GVR 1 was a 23 song remixed album with a 16 page lyric booklet.. There were 200 copies. The first 50 copies came with an A2 poster.
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The 2nd issue of GVR in a gatefold sleeve with a full lyrics booklet pictured below
......... and the first mention in print from the long running cult paper magazine Heavy Soul. This slightly premature review is of the promo that we put out last year to raise GVR's profile. We thank Adam Cooper for his enthusiasm in getting in first.
